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Ready to have Market Data as Close as your Smartphone? Here We Go!
MARS allows for more data availability, better analysis, and improved information availability sooner for more agricultural markets in one easy-to-use tool. Earlier this week, the USDA’s Agricultural...
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The Organic Industry Continues Double-Digit Growth with INTEGRITY
As in past years, the most organic businesses can be found in California and the upper Northwest, the upper Midwest and Northeast, Pennsylvania, New York, and Texas. Earlier this month, my agency – the...
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In Conversation with #WomeninAg: Joyce Hunter
Joyce Hunter, USDA Deputy Chief Information Officer for Policy and Planning, speaking at FCW. In an effort to lift up the opportunities available for women in the agricultural field, USDA shares...
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USDA Market News Reporters Know Beef
USDA Market News takes great pride in following beef through all channels of production, bringing clarity to the beef markets, and offering a wide variety of data and information available to the...
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Open Data Can Help Feed a Hungry World
Percentage of the population suffering from undernourishment, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) report. Climate change will likely exacerbate food...
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Using Data for Social Good
Joyce Hunter, USDA Deputy CIO, Policy and Planning, United State of Women Summit, June 2016 We are entering a new era of information openness and transparency. Open data has the potential to spur...
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2016 GODAN Summit: A Large Display of USG Support for Agriculture and...
USDA Chief Scientist and Research, Education, and Economics Under Secretary Catherine Woteki (left) works with Global Open Data for Agriculture and Nutrition (GODAN) partners to make agricultural and...
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Hacking Away at Common Agricultural Issues
The first place winners of the Apps for Ag Hackathon were the team Giving Gardens whose app help community gardeners post their surplus produce and "trade" with others. They also plan to have local...
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USDA’s FoodKeeper App Uses Open Data to Keep Consumers Safe and Food Fresh
The USDA FoodKeeper app provides information about how to store food safely. The FSIS FoodKeeper app is an easy way for consumers to keep their food safe by providing valuable advice on storing foods...
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Open Data Summer Camp Plans Gaining STEAM for 2017
Last summer students learned about a wide range of benefits of urban and community agriculture from USDA staff, researchers and educators at the University of the District of Columbia. USDA and the...
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